01 Record
CVE-2000-0573
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 96.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-07-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f326f2c949322907afa006cabe001c820f38f7414e1cf560fd5e112488e4cbdb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.cert.orgCA-2000-13http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html
- marc.info20000707 New Released Version of the WuFTPD Sploithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96299933720862&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:039http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039.html
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2000-020.0http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-020.0.txt
- marc.info20000622 WuFTPD: Providing *remote* root since at least1994http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96171893218000&w=2
- archives.neohapsis.com20000702 [Security Announce] wu-ftpd updatehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000723 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - WU-FTPD (re-release)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html
- www.securityfocus.com1387http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1387
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-00:29ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1
- ftp.auscert.org.auAA-2000.02ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02
- marc.info20000623 WUFTPD 2.6.0 remote root exploithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96179429114160&w=2
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2000-009ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc
- www.securityfocus.com20000623 ftpd: the advisory versionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000623091822.3321.qmail%40fiver.freemessage.com
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwuftp-format-string-stack-overwrite(4773)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4773